Head of Professional Delivery Group

Job summary

This is a Nationally based role

Job description

The Role The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a leading Project Delivery Department in Government. We build new prisons, transform the justice system and upgrade IT technologies. As Head of the Professional Delivery Group, you will lead the c.300-375 project delivery professionals, who are then assigned to projects and programmes across the Ministry of Justice and its agencies. Your key challenge will be to provide sufficient project delivery professionals. We need to ensure that our teams are diverse, and our climate is inclusive, so that we reflect the society we serve. You will be a people person, with a passion for Project Delivery, and be able to negotiate with and influence your key clients: SROs and Project/Programme Directors. This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of the MoJ, directly contributing to the successful delivery of one of the largest and broadest portfolios across Government. We welcome applications from high-calibre individuals who can build and lead a high performing and inclusive team, and work with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver and add value. Key Responsibilities

• Be accountable for the leadership of four/five clusters totalling c.300-375 FTE project delivery professionals in PDF's Professional Delivery Group.
• Drive delivery of projects and programme through the line, with effective first line controls, ensuring project delivery best practice and compliance with Functional Standards on a 'comply or explain' basis.
• Enable an increase in capability of the Project Delivery professionals in your clusters through the provision of courses, learning opportunities, professional accreditation and Chartership, in accordance with the Project Delivery Capability Framework.
• Ensure effective resourcing of project and programmes based on capability and fully recharged, efficient recruitment and onboarding, robust workforce planning and demand forecasting, and oversee PD consultancy and Contingent Labour contracts to minimise external spend.
• Ensure the successful implementation and embedding of the Transformation Plan to deliver its outcomes and cultural change to improve project performance, embed best practice and enable improvements in resourcing and capability.
• Engage with SROs across the department and with other senior stakeholders to ensure robust demand forecasting, resource provision and professional support and build strong relationships with senior stakeholder in NISTA and across Government.
• Deliver PDF Objectives, Business/ Transformation Plan outcomes, Outcomes & Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets as a joint endeavour and specifically those relating to compliance with functional standards, capability and resourcing.
• Collaborate with the other members of the Senior Leadership Team, bringing your perspective from your area of expertise and responsibilities to produce a cohesive and collective functional view, represented effectively at Departmental Committees and senior boards.
• Respond effectively to changing Departmental priorities.
• Effectively lead a geographically dispersed team.

Collective Responsibilities: You will work collaboratively with the Senior Leadership Team and have collective responsibility for key areas of delivery to successfully deliver our shared outcomes. This shared responsibility is required to ensure accurate insights into project performance, adherence to professional standards, resource prioritisation and delivery of business and Transformation Plan priorities. Essential Experience:NB: In the event we receive a high volume of applications, we will conduct the initial sift against the following lead criteria in bold:

• Proven success in leading projects and the delivery of Project Delivery services (leadership, resourcing, and development of Project Delivery professionals) in an environment of similar scale and complexity.
• Exercise sound judgment in providing strategic advice, constructive challenge and support to the business in the field of Project Delivery and Project Delivery services.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships at all levels and navigate politically sensitive and complex issues and negotiations.
• Work seamlessly across boundaries, collaborating with and drawing on resources from across MoJ, Government and externally.
• Experience of developing high performing teams and providing inspirational leadership, with strong communication and engagement.
• Experience in Human Resources policies and practices.
• Passion for developing the Project Delivery profession across Government. This is a high-profile role at an exciting period in the development of the Project Delivery Function in the Ministry of Justice.

Desirable Experience:Hold Project Delivery qualifications or be willing to work towards them (e.g. PRINCE2, APM PMQ, Chartered Project Professional, Project Delivery Accreditation).

Person specification

For full details about the Role, Key Responsibilities and Person Specification, please download and review the Candidate Information pack

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about how we do this visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/equality-and-diversity.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Communicating and Influencing
• Developing Self and Others
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £86,000, Ministry of Justice contributes £24,914 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.

Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.For full details of the Selection Process and Recruitment Timeline, please view the Candidate Information pack.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : SCS Recruitment Team
• Email : scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : scsrecruitment@justice.gov.uk

Further information

Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitm…

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Attachments

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